House Democrats, rusty after years in the minority, have stomped on their own messages, have fallen prey to Republican maneuvers and are in battling over punishing Ms. Omar for an anti-Israel remark.
source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/06/us/politics/ilhan-omar-israel.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The prize, one of the most prestigious in the field, went to David W. Blight’s biography of Frederick Douglass and Lisa Brooks’s study of King Philip’s War
source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/arts/bancroft-prize-history-awarded.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Thursday: An L.A. suburb shows the complexity of housing affordability; Facebook to pivot to private; and remembering Julia Morgan.
The former chief of staff says a complete border wall would be a “waste of money” and declines to answer questions about Jared Kushner’s security clearance.
source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/politics/john-kelly-trump-kushner.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The former vice president is preparing his 2020 kickoff, securing staff and alerting top Democrats he plans to run. But he hasn’t made a final decision yet.
source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/politics/biden-2020.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
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President Trump’s former campaign chairman could get a sentence that effectively leaves him in prison for the rest of his life.
source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/politics/manafort-sentencing.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
Critics say the proliferating use of Twitter by the president’s top officials reveals an administration long on bombast and short on policy.
An estimated 6,227 pedestrians were killed in traffic last year, according to the study from the Governors Highway Safety Association.
source https://www.nytimes.com/2019/03/07/us/pedestrian-deaths.html?partner=rss&emc=rss
The measure is intended to show the voters who catapulted Democrats into the majority that they are following through on their campaign pledges.
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